>> clayton: welcome back, we'll see you tomorrow on the show, 6:00 a.m. eastern time and you can check us out on the "after the show" show, the show" show, foxandfriends.com captioning by, closed captioning services, inc. e >> jamie: inside america's election headquarters, all eyes are on ohio, president obama and the first lady, hitting the campaign trail. together. for the first time, since 2008. and, in just a few hours they'll head to the buckeye state, in a final push, to fire up the base, ahead of the midterms. but, a brand new poll may cause some concerns for the president. and the party in charge, good morning, i'm jamie colby, good to have you with us. >> eric: i'm eric sean, welcome to america's news headquarters on this sunday morning. president obama heading to ohio,

in a few hours, as part of his coast-to-coast campaign for democrats. with the firsts lady by his side, they'll try to drum up the same enthusiasm that helped him win that state two years ago. but, the president may have his work cut out for him this morning. following a stunning poll that sheds light on what voters may do on election day. julie kirtz is live in washington with the very latest. julie, more on that poll in a second, first what would the president's pitch be today in ohio? >> reporter: he'll stick with the pitch, essentially, stick with me, stick with obama, and, let's finish the job, stick with the democrats, and let us help improve the economy. white house press secretary robert gibbs this morning said he believes democrats will retain control of the house, and the senate, but he concedes this is a brutal political climate, for the democrats. here's gibbs: >> i think our candidates have done a remarkably good job in a tough political environment.

and i think that come election night we'll retain control of the house and the senate. >> you believe that. >> i do believe that. >> reporter: he's optimistic. the president and the first lady are in ohio, as you said, hitting the campaign trail, together, for the first time, since the '08 white house race, and they'll try and pump up support for governor ted strickland, there, and they'll try an rally young voters tonight at ohio state university. the president heads, by the way, west, next week, for a four day sprints including stops for two high profile democratic senators in danger of losing their seats, senate majority leader harry reid and barbara boxer of california. >> eric: and some polls show the republicans may pick up from 55 to 63 seats, and they need 39 and the new poll, tell us about that? >> reporter: you know, two weeks before obama's first midterm election, of his presidency, this new poll shows 1/4, 25% of those who voted for him as president, are defecting to, or

considering voting against democrats, this fall. in november. so, just half of them say they definitely will show up on november 2nd. according to this associated press knowledge network poll. but, by the way, just as many people who bash republican nominee john mccain are supporting dems now or considering it but, republicans are more motivated, according to the poll to get to the polls and vote another g.o.p. >> eric: all right, thanks very much, we'll keep on it, later on this hour. jamie? >> jamie: things are getting down to the wire for the democrats. they are now shifting their resources to try to maintain the majority in congress. the final push is coming on the heels of the new poll that julie and eric were talking about, it paints a stark picture, many say, for the party in charge. jackie kucinich is a staff writer for roll call, joining me now. good morning. >> good morning. >> jamie: what is your take on the poll, no matter how you spin it, 25% of the people who voted

democrat in 2008, and for obama are now saying, uh-uh. >> that is something democrats have known for a while. it will be about turn yout for them and the people who came out some another first time the last election cycle to vote for president obama and, some of them will stay home and they don't want them to, because the climate is pad for them, independents are not happy with anyone, frankly and certainly not democrats. and really they are focusing on getting people who voted for him out to vote. >> jamie: it is interesting, your take on the independents, a can swing either way, they are disgrunted and -- >> one of the things. >> jamie: go ahead, please. >> they asked the independents, which party do you feel closer to and 39% of those independents said they don't feel really close to either party. and, at this stage of the game that means it could go either way with that group of individuals. >> jamie: the first thing is to get those folks involved in the

process, and, you bring up an interesting group, the young vote that came out in huge numbers, the ohio state university stop for the president, not a coincidence, it sounds like, how lucky or how fortunate do you see the democrats to potentially be from visits like that if in fact they are able to rightle up the votee way they did last time? it was stunning. >> there is an enthusiasm gap here and that is real and if they can get these voters, these voters, ginned up enough to come out they might be able to stem the bleeding, but, at this point, that is when you see a lot of money being pulled from -- pulling money from districts where they have already lost. they need to put resources where they have a chance, rather than somewhere where they have already lost. >> jamie: do you get the sense in your position, what you do, really, tracking this from both sides, that there are certain seats that the democrats are --

prioritizing of seats they know will go or are willing to let go, because they are campaigning in places that generally they wouldn't have had to, and they are spending money in states and on campaigns that they wouldn't have had, to either. what are you revealing. >> they are spending money in massachusetts. i mean, when was the last time -- besides scott brown who shocked everybody, they don't have to spend money there, usually. they have pulled out of the missouri race so they can focus on saving the majority leader. i mean, there are a lot of things that are unusual about this election cycle. and, they are really going to have to -- having to cut their losses. >> jamie: do both sides have their work cut out for them. >> absolutely, i think one of the other things about the poll, it was around 11%, trusting republicans to run everything and i think voters are skeptical and are really paying attention to what either side is saying, and, they don't really trust anybody at this point. but, it is kind of like the devil you know and the devil you don't. i don't know, it is a very

volatile electorate, no matter how you slice it. >> jamie: jackie kucinich, nice to have you here. >> thanks for having me. >> jamie: 16 days to decide. fox news is your front row seat to politics, all you have to do is log onto foxnews.com for all of your election coverage and get nonstop updates from our "in the field" reporters and producer and read stories you only see at fox news, click on the "follow fox" link at foxnews.com/politics. >> eric: the teeinspiring rescuf all of the miners, there is a different and sad story to tell you about, from china this morning. that is where 11 miners are still missing and feared dead following a powerful gas explosion there, a frantic search is underway for the trapped men, and rescuers worry they may have suffocated or remain buried beneath the falling rocks and several family members who tried to get inside the mine had to be carried away from the same.

26 other miners have already been confirmed killed in that accident. this blast underground coming just days after the 33 chilean miners were rescued. they spent 69 days trapped underground. >> jamie: a 71-year-old california man held prisoner in iran two years giving his first interview less than 24 hours after he was freed, iranian officials accused the man of passing 200 today's a terrorist group in iran. and, he has carried money for an aquinn tans they say, thinking it was for a needy family, and he says he was unfairly held, but not mistreated. his wife is just glad to have him back. >> this is a... especially, i'm old, they were watching me. >> i'm the happiest woman in the whole world because i got my husband and he has his -- he's healthy and i love you.

>> jamie: the happy couple will return to their home in southern california this week where he'll be reunited and, happily, with his children. >> eric: they are saying it again, does it mean anything? iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad claiming his country is ready to sit down for negotiations on the disputed nuclear program. you know, it has been more than a year since talks fell apart and with iran continuing to defy the world, ignoring security council sanctions, why would new talks, potentially, next month in vienna, change anything? ambassador john bolton this, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations and a fox news contributor. who joins us every sunday at this time, good morning, ambassador. >> good morning, glad to be here. >> eric: do you buy what mahmoud ahmadinejad is saying? >> well, look, they are prepared to enter into negotiations, which i think will begin before the end of the year, possibly, next month. clearly, because they think it is in their interest to do so, this is something the european

union's high representative for foreign affairs has been pushing. and, from mahmoud ahmadinejad's point of view, i think is a way of buying more time and perhaps of extracting from the west, turns better on the deal for the famous tehran research reactor which is the key point at issue, than he might have gotten last year. >> eric: why does the west keep falling for this? as you have said every sunday? it seems they are just playing out the clock, and, buying time. >> because, many people involved in these negotiations follow a mindless course of action, if they could only talk long enough to the iranians, maybe they would give up their nuclear weapons program. you would think, after 8 years of failed negotiations, they would get the point, but, that is just not the way, and from mahmoud ahmadinejad's point of view, sitting down, at a table, with representatives of the eu, the united states, and others, possibly the whole perm-5 of the security council gives him a chance to say, look, we're in

negotiations, don't take precipitous action, specifically, israel against the iranian nuclear weapons program. so, it is a safeguard for him in many respects. >> eric: i sat down with mahmoud ahmadinejad a couple of weeks ago and here's what he said in our interview about negotiations: "if the u.s. government accepts international law and justice and fairness with regard to us, then opportunities will be before it. but if it is going to continue the same way it has so far, conditions remain the same." he putting all the blame on us and is not changing anything, it seems. >> sure, because i think he reads weakness in the obama administration, even after the fourth round of security council sanctions, and additional u.s. legislation and additional eu sanctions, president obama keeps saying he just wants to negotiate with tehran and i think that tells mahmoud ahmadinejad the president's playing a weak hand, so, from the iranian perspective, why not sit down and see how much the white house is prepared to give

to keep the negotiations alive, to make it looks like what is left of the president's foreign policy, on nonproliferation still has breath left in it. >> eric: there are many who say you have -- negotiation is the only way, what is your response to that, and your reaction, and what will lap? >> yeah, it is the only way, to an iranian nuclear weapon, the white house itself has estimated that in a rush, iran could make it in a year and i suspect it may be less than that. so, negotiations now will do for iran what they did then early part of the decade, which is buy time for iran to complete the complex scientific and technological task necessary to get a nuclear weapon, to advance their ballistic missile program, and come closer to that objective, they have been pursuing for nearly 20 years, which is deliverable nuclear weapons. >> eric: and they'll put the bottles of perrier on the table in vienna, sometime next month,

they'll be talking about, ambassador john bolton, always good to see you, as we do every sunday. >> jamie: catching a which of the growing home foreclosure mess, legal issues cropping up for mortgage lenders and banks got hammered at the end of the week, on wall street, which seemed to be a pretty good rally, overall and how bad can it get and brenda buttner this is anchor of bulls & bears, hi, good to see you. >> good to see you. >> jamie: the banks stalled some foreclosures and there are still some going on, what do people need node. >> -- need to to. >> they've closed their foreclosure process, because of due diligence and were not paying attention to the documents they were getting and had robo-signers that signed hundreds of applications, a day,

and not pay much attention to the information that was contained upon them. >> jamie: they were put under pressure, weren't they, with so many people being, i guess, not being able to make their statements and on the brink of foreclosure, but, they are still foreclosing in some states, florida, ohio, and illinois. >> they still are foreclosing. but, the issue with this is that if bank of america and jp morgan, among the biggest mortgage lenders in the nation, freeze these foreclosures, at some point they will have to let them go, and, the flood of vern will hit the market which will further depress prices which are already down and take a down market even further down. and that is really the whole concern. so, there are foreclosures, but if you are not near foreclosures, even if you are thinking of selling your house, sometime in the future, this is definitely an issue. because, there is going to be,

you know, there is already a lot of vern, there will be -- inventory and there will be more when jp morgan and bank of america go through the procedures and say, we can get these off the market. >> jamie: and uncertainty. let me show a chart that shows where it is going, look at the foreclosures and people unable to pay, look at the top and, an upswing of people who cannot make their payments. i want to ask you, though, the bank stocks, are hurting alsos and that will impact the markets. >> yeah, it has impacted the market already and we have had quite a rally during september as opposed to a month, among the worst for the dow, it was quite good. but, bank of america really took down the dow last week and it was down nearly 10%, falling to its lowest level in more than a year. and, next week, we are going to get more information about housing. housing starts could have a major impact on the market.

so, really, wall street is watching again, the housing market, what could happen to banks, because, financials have been -- have not been part of the bulls, have not been leading the market. google has. high-tech has. google is nearly -- more than $600 a share. but, the bank stocks have been nowhere near that. >> jamie: brenda buttner, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> eric: they are the most commonly used over-the-counter medication. and today there is a new warning about a drug that may be in your medicine cabinet, coming up, dr. isadore rosenfeld with what we needed to know when on "sunday house call," minutes away, an accident 2,000 feet up, what happened when a hot air balloon and hang glider collided, in mid-air. one, two, three, four ♪ ♪ you say ♪ flip it over and replay ♪ we'll make everything okay

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>> jamie: we have to show you in the credible video, a hot air balloon and moa moat rised glid, falling to earth. after a collision in northern arizona. >> the balloon collapsed. oh, no. oh, no. oh, no. oh, my god.

oh, my god. >> jamie: amazingly, no one was killed in the accident, it happened during an open house in cottonwood, arizona, three people were on board the balloon and one person flying the glider, emergency workers say this glider was tangled in the balloon's ropes and ripping the balloon open. and, the faa says they were as high as 2,000 feet and there is what was left on the ground. >> it looks like the balloon was ascending and he was going to over-fly it and didn't know the balloon was ascending. >> jamie: both craft fell onto a chain-link fence and two passengers from the balloon taken to the hospital and the third, and the glider pilot, were not seriously hurt. >> eric: 16 days to go now, until the election, that could shift the balance of power, in our country, and, there are

growing questions of whether or not a victory on either side will actually help the nation. or just lead to more political gridlock. chris wallace, tackled that issue with two ranking senators from both parties. >> if republicans -- still in the minority end up with 47 seats, 48 seats, given all of the gridlock we have had the last two years will anything get done over the next two in the senate? >> oh, i think that is hard to say. especially because some of the candidates that appear poised to win for the republican party are very extreme. i am a moderate, i hang out in the middle, i vote against my party with regularity and try and compromise and it doesn't appear, right now, that the republican party is welcoming moderates any more. >> it seems almost certain, whether they get the majority or not, republicans will have more power in the next senate, even if they don't get the majority. is the g.o.p. mission over the next two yours to undo the obama

agenda, or to work with the president and try to find areas of compromise? >> well, i think it depends on the president. if the president is going to maintain this is ideological stance and try to jam things through, to support the left in america, when we are still a center-right country, then we are going to say no. but, if he's willing to work with us as bill clinton did after the 1994 elections, to pass things like welfare reform and trade agreements and the like, we'll certainly work with him. >> eric: joining us now is the angry hour of fox news sunday, chris wallace. >> chris: good morning, watching those clips and i thought, that is a pretty interesting show. >> eric: i was struck by what senator cornyn said, referring to bill clinton, after, especially, 1994, he did work with republicans. is there a prediction that president obama would follow suit? >> chris: well, that is a big question. we talk about that on fox news

sunday, and we also talk about a very interesting article in the sunday times magazine like a pre-election-post-mortem from the white house where obama and his aides say that he is talk a lot about obama 2.0, as if he's going to change, after the election. it kind of presumes the republicans, either will have majorities or be in a position of greater strength, and he's apparently reading a book about bill clinton, and he says it is interesting, he says, not that he is a -- an old tax and spend liberal, but has been -- allowed himself to be seen as such, so i think there is an understanding on the part of the white house, at least in the article, it indicates, that they do feel that in perception, perhaps, reality, they have been seen as -- have gotten too far away from the mainstream, and, they have to do something about that and, obviously, as soon as this election is over, you know they will be thinking about 2012 and the president's re-election, and, you can't win it from the left, both sides have to win it

from the center. >> eric: and i hear from what you are say, president clinton was famous for taking to the wind, as he'd say and do you think the same will happen with the current president. >> chris: that is the big question in washington. it was easier i think for bill clinton, bill clinton was a governor of arkansas, and he had been the head of the democratic leadership council, which was a different kind of democrat, a much more moderate, centrist democratic group and barack obama for all the talk about being a different kind of politician, is -- comes much more from the left wing and the liberal base, of the democratic party, so i think it is fair to say, it would be a bigger shift for him, personally, ideologically than for bill clinton, but, you know, eric, the funny thing about politics an election, it really does focus the mind. >> eric: it does, as they say, makes strange bedfellows. chris, always good to see you, sounds like a fascinating program. we'll watch it larry.

>> chris: thanks. >> eric: and next hour the fox news voter unit will look at absentee ballots, there are several investigations across the country about that and you can catch chris wallace's entire interview with both senators on the fox news channel, a couple hours from now, with -- 2:00, four hours and 6:00, hours, or check your local listings on your local fox station. >> jamie: coming up, dr. isadore rosenfeld, we wait all week, he'll be here with his weekly house call and will tell us about a vaccine for a very painful condition, and, who should be getting it. don't miss it. we'll be right back. here's the truth: your rates don't have to go up just because of an accident. not if you get allstate accident forgiveness. it starts the day you sign up. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate.

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>> jamie: welcome, here's a look at some of today's top stories. president obama and this first lady are heading to the buckeye state, hoping to buck up to the democratic party and voters there, campaigning in ohio, in a nationwide push before the midterm elections. 11 miners, trapped under grounds in china and the state-run media says it could take 3-4 days to find them, they were trapped after an explosion, the death toll from the accident rose to 26 today. ♪

>> eric: time now for "sunday house call," with us as always is "sunday house call" host, dr. isadore rosenfeld, the rossi distinguished professor of clinical minute at the wild cornell medical center. doctor? >> jamie: good morning. >> on this beautiful day in new york. lots to tell you about today. >> eric: let's start with something people e-mailed you about, the shingles vaccine, first of all, what is that and who should get it? >> very interesting, shingles is a condition which is caused -- infection caused by the iic chicken pox virus, when you're a kid you get this chicken pox and the rash, and the virus leaves the skin, travels up the cells, beside your spinal cord, and stays there, for the rest of your life. if you are lucky, it never comes out. but, in some people, usually starting by age 50, and many,

many after age 60, the chicken pox virus comes out, goes back to the skin, as shingles. and causes a very painful rash. now, if that were all there is to it, we wouldn't be discussing it. but, in some people this rash persists for weeks and months. this is called post-perpetic neuralgia, and there is a shingles vaccine. i recommend it for everybody at the age of 60 and half the people who get shingles, get it between the ages of 60 and 69. now, the singles vaccine is not 100% protective. but, even if you do develop the shingles after you get the

vaccine, your chances of getting the terrible post-perpettic newpost-perpett post-perpettic neuralgia are reduced and if you are 60 years of age or older, speak to your doctor about the vaccine, it is one shot, not painful and you may get local tenderness and the only problem is, it is very expensive, $250 a shot and check and see whether your insurance covers it. but, my advice is, to get. i got it, and everyone in my family got it. not my kids, of course. but everyone in my family got it. >> jamie: thanks for bringing us up to speed on that one, they are the most widely used drugs country, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication and a lot of you know it as i

ibuprofen, and, there is data that says it could be harmful. tell us. >> this is difficult to talk about today, the nonsteroidals are everywhere, everybody uses them. they are very effective against pain. the problem is, that some years ago, research studies showed that people who have had a heart attack or have had a stroke, who take these nonsteroidal, even only occasionally, are at greater risk for another heart attack or stroke and as a matter of fact, one of these drugs vioxx, was withdrawn as a result of that research, but many remain on the market and many are available over-the-counter. what concerns me is a recent report showing that even healthy people who take these nonsteroidals, even on an occasional basis, may be at risk

for heart disease and stroke. and this is a terrible problem, these drugs are available over-the-counter and are very effective and i don't know anybody who has not taken them. they cause a problem because they act on a chemical in the body called prostaglandin, which, in the body, dilates your blood vessels, and helps thin the blood so that you don't get clots. now, these drugs, although they are extremely effective for all kinds of pain, work against prostaglandin, and make the blood vessels more likely to constrict and the blood more likely to clot. so what do you do? i think you have to -- i cane tell you not to use them. everybody has pain, everybody has arthritis, i think my i know

advice is to try something like tylenol first. if you have severe pain, you can even try an opiaen -- opoid, an the one that this is safest and make a note of this -- is naproxin, the trade name is nap row sin, and -- naprosin, and i know people will continue to use it but, use it as little as possible. and the one on the market today that has the greatest risk is, i think, a drug called volderin, be very careful about that, it has been shown to have an 86% incidence of problems. >> jamie: thank you, doctor. >> eric: all right, coming up a story that might send you outside to chew on a tree? maybe not exactly. sunday house call will look at something called "pine bark" and what it can do for your ticker.

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family and friends cheering as jim hart, matt stafffold, and jorge carrera, and they finally reached the miners and this entire rescue effort still, emotional for them. >> a real prefer, to do the job and something... it is hard to express what i feel, interest and i'm so happy we did it 100% right. >> it was amazing, amazing to be part of something so important, as that. really glad we could help out, couldn't be happier for the families down there. >> glad we were able to do what we went to document i worked in mining, i know how my family feels when i get home. >> jamie: and what jim hart means, he's actually doing other heroic work, before he was called into help free the trapped miners in chile he was

helping the armed forces drill for water in afghanistan and expects to head back there after spending some time with his family. ♪ >> eric: those guys are great. back now with "sunday house call" and your host, dr. isadore rosenfeld and time for myth or fact, pine bark extract lowers blood pressure and decreases the risk of heart disease. first, what is pine bark extract and where do you get it. >> health food stores and the only reason i bring that up today is i think in the past, i have recommended that people take it. it is marketed as piknoginol and it is well tolerated and the story is it is good for your cardiovascular system and i had, myself, been taking it, had been, for some time. but i want to you know, about a recent report in which they studied it intensively and they

found unfortunately, that pine bark does not lower cholesterol, does not lower blood pressure, and, as far as these researchers could tell, had no positive effect. so if you are spending your money on it, chances are you shouldn't. >> jamie: thank you, time for an e-mail question and the doc loves your e-mails, housecall@fox news.com and' viewer writes i was told i have a geographic tongue and there is nothing to do about it, it hurts when i swallow and the pain lasts several days and i'm left with bumps on the back of my tongue and eventually they go away, is there anything that can be done to help. doc, i never heard of that. >> you are lucky. the geographic tongue is large, red patches, smooth red patches on the tongue, they occur at random, they apparently, the tendency to get them runs in

families. they are entirely benign. they are not an infection or inflammation and can be painful, and usually are not, and, the way to deal with them, is to avoid toothpaste that has tartar things in it, avoid spicy foods, and you sometimes see these geographic tongues in people who are subjected to stress, people who have allergies, and people with psoriasis, people with atopic dermatitis and the majority of cases, the strange-looking tongue are -- come for no apparent reason and come and go and sometimes go away for a year, come back, and you could treat them with mouth washes and so on but the thing about it is not to worry, that they represent some basic under like intrinsic disease. they are perfectly harmless.

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>> eric: cross one name they've guest list for the president's state of the union address. supreme court's samuel alito says he will not attend the annual address to congress saying it has become awkward for the justices. justice alito says they are expected to sit, like, quote, the proverbial potted plant, some say his decision not to attend is no surprise. he was seen mouthing the words, "not true" during the last state of the union. when the president rebuked the court for its decision in a campaign finance case. ♪ >> jamie: welcome back to "sunday house call," have you heard of genetic tests, they are advertised to predict diseases and you can pick them up at the drug store. should you get them? doctor, what do you think. >> you know, we are always looking for a quick fix, and

instead of exercising, watching your diet, watching your weight, why not just get a genetic test and see if you are vulnerable to having a heart disease, a heart attack or stroke. there are these genetic tests all over and they cost quite a bit of money and many people buy them to get a fix on whether they are vulnerable to certain things, alzheimer's, what have you. my advice to you, is don't get them and there are many reasons. the most important one, if the -- if you have the gene you may or may not be vulnerable. to get the disease. take alzheimer's, for example. people who have the alzheimer's gene, most of them don't get alzheimer's, some do. so, it doesn't do you any good. if you get a positive result, you are going to worry for nothing. my advice is, do not take any of

these genetic tests, with one or two exceptions, for example, if there is a family history of breast cancer, your sister, your mother, you have a lump and are worried and want to get the test for the brca-1, or brca-2 gene, that is reliable. because if you have the gene you are vulnerable and may opt to have profession prophylactic removal of your breasts and, there are a handful of skises in which these genetic tests are -- diseases in which the genetic tests are wonderful and if you look on the internet, they say they can tell you everything as to what you are vulnerable power and that is baloney, don't do it. >> eric: all right, doctor. whopping cough is on the rise in california. new case out there. how serious is it and what can people do about it? doctor, first of all, what is it and how bad is it? >> well, it is a viral illness,

it -- i call it whopping cough, you call it "whopping cough", i come from canada and you don't. anyway it is a viral disease characterized by a chronic cough with a... [coughing] whoop, that is debilitating and not life-threatening, and there is a vaccine against it, and kids get it at 2 months, 4, 5 shots at the age of 6 and a booster shot when they go to high school. unfortunately, the booster shot does not last very long. and, you as an adult are vulnerable to whopping cough that you can then transmit to infants and then children, where -- in your family or where you are visiting or where you are living. so, this is my advice: i think that every adult should, every year, get the vaccine

which is a combination of the tet in your recollection diphtheria and whopping cough and, it will protect you against tetanus and diphtheria and against whooping cough. if you are in a family where there are pregnant women, or where there are children, where, if you get the virus you can transmit it, and make them very sick, you should have that vaccine. i recommend it for everybody. and, in california now there is an outbreak of whooping cough, there are 6,000 people affected. so, speak to your doctor about getting the shot, every ten years. it will protect you not only against whooping cough but, also, against tetanus and diphtheria. >> eric: and you mentioned it is in california and, quickly, could it spread across the country. >> i don't know whether it could or not, theoretically it could. with air travel the way it is. but, i mean, everybody is vulnerable. pregnant women, women who are

apt to become pregnant should be vaccinated because, they are the ones who can transmit it, to the infants. >> jamie: the extra bonus of the tetanus protection sounds good. a two-fer. thanks, doc. have you had breakfast? a good breakfast, the doc says may help your heart. the doctor will tell us why, his healthy monday tip, you don't want to miss it, coming up entry minute. plus, there are new details in the case involving the alleged murder of an american tourist, on our bored with mexico. -- border with mexico, david dee is just trying to bring her husband's body home. who did she meet with? we'll tell you. . [ male announcer ] we're for better living

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♪ ♪ >> eric: back now with sunday house call and your host dr. rosenfeld. before we go, your healthy monday tip to help all of us lead healthier lives. doctor, what is it this week? >> jamie: we're going to do it, doc. >> every now and then, somebody tells me, "i'm gaining weight. just look at me. i think i'm going to skip breakfast for the next few days." if you want to skip a meal, that's fine. not breakfast. a recent studies that people who skip breakfast actually gain a couple of inches on their waist. they gain weight. they have a higher cholesterol. and it's generally the wrong thing to do.

do not skip breakfast. first, it affects your performance the rest of the day. if you want to reduce your food intake, eat less at each meal or skip can lunch sometime, that's fine. but leave breakfast alone. enjoy it. >> eric: mom was right all these years. >> it's the ekey meal of the day. >> jamie: thank you, doctor. great to have you here. keep sending your e-mail to housecall@foxnews.com. i promise dr. rosenfeld reads them. sometimes you get a personally note back. mostly we bring them up on future edition of sunday housecall. for those interested in more information on the housecall from the previous shows log on to foxnews.com/housecall. check out all the doctor's great advice. >> thank you. >> jamie: have a great week. >> see you next week. >> see you next week. >> eric: next sunday. captioned by closed captioning services, inc >> jamie: a fox news alert now. there is significant developments in hour in the case of david hartley, the american tourist allegedly

shot and killed by gunman on a border lake. according to the latest report, david's wife tiffany, who you have probably seen in the media has now met with mexican investigators. the reported meeting comes just days after mexico suspended its search for david's body. officials held an eight-hour in-depth interview with tiffany. she and her family are urging mexico and the u.s. to step up their search efforts. we're going to have more on this story as it develops. keep it on fox. ♪ ♪ >> eric: and we are america's news headquarters. on this sunday morning and there are just over two weeks to go. 16 days before americans say they want the power in washington to shift and staying the same. this morning, senate candid dates taking to the airwaves to press their cases to sway voters who decide which party controls congress until the next presidential election.

good morning, everyone. welcome to a brand you new hour of america's news headquarters. i'm eric shawn. >> jamie: i'm jamie colby. 12 seats up for grabs on november 2. the really close battle on election night could come down to the senate. steve centanni has the latest on that. and he is joining us live in the d.c. bureau. steve, what are the most controversial races is one the one in delaware. we know the president and the vice president showed up there. how is it shaping up? >> it has chris coons ahead but battling scrappy christine o'donnell who won the upset victory in the primary, as you know. today, coon talked about his 17-point lead in the polls. >> just from an outside-inview it's a positive in terms of my chances in tehe election. but it's not positive for delaware. a huge amount of attention are paid to things that aren't connected to delaware. >> reporter: upstart challenger christine o'donnell

hammered away at democratic claims about the tax cut proposals. >> there is this scare tactic coming from the democrat saying that the tax cut for the rich, or the billionaires who are trying to find places to dock their yachts. that's not it at all. it's the dry cleaner down the street, pizza owner or the hardware store owner. >> that tax cut proposal is still pending before congress. >> jamie: i caught special, it will be on again today and it talks about the tight races. one is in colorado. tell us about that. >> that is so close it's a statistic dead heat right now. only two points separating democratic senator michael bennett from his g.o.p. challenger ken buck. those two squared off today on "meet the press." >> senator bennett does one thing in washington, d.c., and then come cans back to colorado and talks about a different thing. he spent on his watch in washington, d.c., part of spending $3 trillion.

>> the budget proposal that he has made would blow without even talk about the tax cut extension, $1.3 trillion. more of a hole into our budget than we already have. >> reporter: just one of the very tight senate races right now, jamie. >> jamie: you hear from both sides, steve. one says the democrats will retain the senate. the g.o.p. saying they could take it. what is the buzz this washington? >> yeah, well, certainly up in the air. and chris wallace who put that question to a leading republican today on "fox news sunday." let's listen to that. >> we're going to fight for every seat we can possibly get. we have 12 seats in play. it's a theoretical pathway there, but i am not predicting we'll get back the majority. it may be a two-cycle process. >> so that means the congress may remain in democratic hands but it remains to be seen. >> jamie: interesting race this mid-term election. thank you, steve centanni. live from washington. >> eric: jamie, president obama and the first lady now

preparing to hit the campaign trail together for the first time since 2008 later today. the president's once sky high popularity has sagged over the last two years. but his wife's has stayed fairly mh the same. could michelle obama be asset for democrats in the final day before the mid-term? and will it boost uncertain fortunes for democrats? joining us is democratic pollster doug shone and gopac chairman don donatoli. will michelle bring the magic back? >> eric, she is very popular and has a lot of grace and charm. the public likes her. i think what first ladies can do, though, is probably help their spouse. they can try to fill in human details, tell about the human side of their husband. i don't know that michelle obama has really anything to say about say barbara boxer, or any of the other democratic candidates that are running.

so, the public likes her. she will get a good reception. i don't think that it's going -- that she will be a big factor in these elections. >> eric: doug, do you concur that maybe the allure does not transfer to other politicians? >> i think that the first lady has a non-partisan appeal, eric. people will come to esee her. they like her. it's unclear to me that she can do much to sway voters at this point, but she is certainly 20, 25 points more popular than her husband. and for the democrats, that's only a good thing. >> eric: yeah, you talk about the democrats. look, the republicans need 39 seats to pick up the house. scott rasmussen predicts they may get 55 seats. joe gaylord a republican is epredicting maybe 63 seats. that is just incredible. doug, what can the democrats do? they've got 16 days left. >> i think the one thing they can do and it's the only glimmer of light i've seen in the polls so far is rally the base. a couple of the senate races

that were moving in the republican direction have started to tighten up, as steve centanni was saying. like colorado, washington state, connecticut. they're widening. getting the base out, which the president and the first lady are trying to do is about the only thing in the last 17, 18 days that really can be done. >> eric: do you think that getting the base will be able to do that? >> i agree with doug on this point. that is what the president can do. he is still popular among democrats. we do see some signs that in very, very blue states, democratic turn-out seems to be increasing. what is a little troubling heading in to 2012 is the lack of any economic message at all. mr. president, the unemployment rate is 9.5%. to ignore that totally in your stump speech does not bode well. i think you owe your fellow democrats a little more. >> eric: you mention, you say he is popular with democrats. but the new a.p. poll came out and said one quarter, one

fourth of voters wouldn't support him again. >> well, i would think that -- i think that would be independents and republicans primarily. i still he is popular among democrats. >> eric: doug, what about that? >> he is. 75-80% approval with democrats. there is no real organized opposition to him in the party other than the small diminishing group of moderate democrats. bottom line, can he energize the base and particularly african-americans? that to me is the question that will be most important in terms of minimizing losses in the house, and holding offseats in the senate to -- enough seats in the senate to maintain the majority. >> eric: will it be enough? there are predictions that the republicans could take the house. the democrats could keep the senate. >> i bet the house goes republican. i bet that the senate stays democratic at this point. but in terms of holding down the bloodshed, the carnage, if the base and the

african-americans come out, we could see the lower side of those estimates that you were citing from rasmussen be realized. if the vote doesn't come out, you could see 55, 60 seats and eight, nine, ten seats in the senate. touch and go. >> eric: what would that mean, doug? one quick second, frank. what does it mean going forward for the next two yea years? >> that would mean that the argument for the democratic party was dead and the president would have to fundamentally change policies. so there is a lot of the stake substantially and politically. >> eric: frank, if the house goes republican and the senate stays democratic? >> well, the days of the president governing from the left of his own party will have ended. there will be some oversight if the republicans control the house with the executive branch. you have all these czars that are unelected and not confirmed by the senate that are running policy.

there has to be some oversight of that. >> eric: all right, frank and doug, gentlemen, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> eric: by the way, in about 20 minutes, the fox news voter fraud unit back on the case. we'll talk to you about absentee ballots. gentlemen, thanks again. >> jamie: sarah palin giving a pep talk to her party in california. the former alaska governor addressing supporters at a g.o.p. fundraising rally in anaheim last night. palin telling that crowd to get ready for new faces in congress. the former vice presidential candidate also addressing a big issue on capitol hill today. the bush era tax cuts. and whether or not to extent them. >> and the taxation is killing jobs and killing the american dream because they're forcing outsourcing of jobs and opportunities to other countries. it's their policies that are doing this. >> jamie: palin's appearance was part of a three-day swing through the golden state. >> to the mideast now where

negotiations are restarting on a prisoner swap for captured israeli soldier. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu confirming that talks with the palestinians are underway. both sides trying to broker the release of sergeant shalad in exchange for hundreds of palestinian prisoners. he was nabbed by militants linked to hamas back in june of 2006. that happening four years ago at the gaza border raid. >> jamie: american military leaders have credited the sunni awakening with helping to turn the tide in iraq. former iraqi militants are calling themselves the sons of iraq, switching side. in 2007, teaming up with u.s. to fight against al-qaeda. but now a "new york times" report saying many of the well-trained fighters are switching back, rejoining insurgent forces. david piper streaming live from baghdad. david, we know that there is renewed violence from time to time. how valid, though, is the concern about these former

sons of iraq that are rejoining al-qaeda? >> reporter: hi, jamie. there is real concern with the u.s. military and the iraqi government if these people are changing sides. it's very difficult as you can appreciate to get any firm numbers. we spoke to a leader of an awakening counsel in baghdad today and he said he would not be switching to al-qaeda. but he acknowledged there was friction with the iraqi government and is moving some members to syria to escape arrest. so you can understand there are problems between these weakening councils, sons of iraq. we also spoke to a u.s. source today and he said perhaps a few individuals will be switching sides. he believes the sunni community is waiting to see if they got a new position in the new government despite squabbling with the politicians over who will be in it, jamie. >> jamie: those who are switching back, david, do you know what they are being offered to do so? how important a role did they

play in trying to stabilize the government there? >> reporter: well, from what i understand from some reports, al-qaeda is offering more money. from what the iraqi government is offering. difficulty with payroll and even getting paid from the iraqi government to some members of the sons of iraq. also, there is intimidation. also, there are family ties and also tribal ties. so there is pressure. i've been up to some of these places. there is links to the community. some people left and joined one group or the other. maybe cousins. and that does put pressure on these people to choose sides in what is a very difficult situation here, jamie. >> jamie: david piper, live for us in iraq. thank you so much, david. >> eric: well, wikileaks is at it again. the man behind the web site that published thousands of pages of secret documents about our troops and their mission, he says he is ready

to post more information online. to find out why this is causing new concern for the u.s. >> jamie: and meet a georgia congressman, one of several democratic lawmakers who says he will not support house speaker nancy pelosi if his party stays in power. we're going to find out why. and the reason he released this ad when he joins us live. >> georgia is a long way from san francisco. and jim marshall is a long way from nancy pelosi. jim marshall doesn't support nancy pelosi. he voted the same as republican leaders 65% of the time. jim marshall worked and voted against pelosi trillion-dollar healthcare bill, because we can't afford it. one, two, three, four ♪ ♪ you say ♪ flip it over and replay ♪ we'll make everything okay ♪ walk together the right way ♪ do, do, do, do

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>> eric: election day is a couple weeks away but voters in nevada are already casting their ballots this weekend in early voting. 35 states and the district of columbia allow early voting. in nevada, postof the polling location saw a steady stream of people yesterday. but nothing like what is eexpected on election day, itself, november 2. nevada, of course, senate majority leader harry reid in the political fight of his career against tea party favorite and republican sharron angle. in a few minutes we take a look at the impact and concerns about absentee ballots in races across the

country. >> jamie: eric, thank you. thousands of classified militant documents will not be secret anymore. wikileaks plans to publish them. that is the whistle blower website run by julian assange. now the secretary of defense is saying they didn't do too much dam after the last release -- too much damage, after the last release. we're joined by major general bob scales, retired from the u.s. army, fox news analyst. you know him well but rarely see him with us in new york. good morning. thank you for being here. >> thank you. nice to be here. >> jamie: there is concern, even if there is less concern because secretary gates sent the letter to the senate armed service committee saying no u.s. source, no u.s. informant was compromised. but afghans were. does that affect our mission?

>> it absolutely does, jamie. let's just go back to what secretary gates said. he has there has been no direct action by the enemy so far as a result of the leaks. but the second order effects of the leaks that are just terrific. give you one example. the great innovation in this war has been the ability to take information and pull it down to the tactical level, soldier level. to those who use it in company, brigades. the fear is the leaks have had a chilling effect on this and seasonals who would normally have information that would keep them alive will no longer be able to get it. the other issue, jamie, has to do with the propaganda value of the leaks. these are spot reports by young soldiers talking to each other, like team chatter. well, the enemy has taken this information and hooked together bits and pieces to cast the american presence in afghanistan in the worst possible light. there hasn't been direct action yesterday but secondary effects have been horrific. >> jamie: now we expect as early as tomorrow tremendous release of information.

formerly classified, and certainly important tactical data as you say. >> right. >> jamie: one of our own was behind the initial release. can you figure out, or have you learned of any motive for doing this? >> first of all, this is not a daniel elsberg situation, the pentagon papers. this is different. this appears to be more personal. this is a troubled young man who has had a very difficult time isolated in an intelligence organization. a means for him to strike out. >> jamie: as opposed to julian assange who runs this website to do this very thing. >> assange has taken advantage of the young man's insecurity and amplified it and put our young men and women in uniform in great danger. >> jamie: when i am with the troops -- and i know you know this too -- you inspired morale in active duty. morale is critical, especially

if you are in recruitment mode to get the afghan to cooperate with us. what is the impact of the wikileaks in your opinion? >> i think it's been tremendous. the long-term effects, we haven't begun to see the long-term effects. tomorrow will be particularly difficult, because these are documents about the iraq war. iraq is a third world country but it has first world telecommunication. time for disclosure to translate to direct action particularly with al-qaeda alive and well in iraq could be more dangerous than what we've seen so far in afghanistan. >> it could go viral? >> much more quickly because it's advanced society. we have brigadier general bob carr, best tactical analyst in the pentagon, analysts standing by to analyze the situation. but it's a footwork. who is first? al-qaeda with the ability for direct action or pentagon to protect those at risk? >> jamie: there is some talk or suggestion that secretary gates may leave soon.

was he premature in his analysis of this, as you say it could be years to come before we know the impact? and what impact will it have on the troops if he did depart? >> he is leaving in april or may and everybody knows it. there is a kabuki dance to figure out who will take his place. he's -- i don't think it's premature. the question was how have the troops been affected directly? his answer is so far it hasn't. not to say it won't happen in months or years ahead. >> jamie: a tragic thing for our troops who give every day of their lives for us to have them wonder what will happen next week with the documents. thank you again for joining us in new york. major jep bob scales -- general bob scales. >> eric: voters head to polls in 16 days for an election that could have lasting impact on the future of the country. up next, the fox news voter fraud unit looks at the role

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>> eric: here are stories making headlines. robert gibbs speaking out about the mid-term election and now says he believes that democrats will retain control of both the house and senate. this summer he claimed democrats could lose the majority. gunmen are creating election day tension in pakistan. they killed at least 21 people. pakistani voters elect a replacement for a lawmaker who was assassinated. she was america's tv mom in the '50s and '60s. forever. we are remembering the actress who played june cleaver on the show. barbara billingsley died. she passed away at her southern california home. 94 years old. always there for the beav, wally, eddie haskell, ward cleaver for all of us. >> jamie: on the road again.

and together. for the first time in two years, president obama and the first lady are hitting the campaign trail together in a final push to drum up support for democrats running in the mid-term election. today he heads to ohio, a state that voted for him in 2008, but a new poll shows things may be much different this time around. julie kirtz live in washington. julie, the president does face a challenge rallying the spirited democratic voters for the mid-term. what is the game plan with two weeks left? >> absolutely. he has an aggressive travel schedule. he was in massachusetts on saturday. today, as you mentioned, he crisscrosses ohio and he will campaign with the first time since the 2008 white house race. they'll try to pump up support for ted strickland in ohio and rally young voters tonight at ohio state university. next week, he heads west for a four-day sprint, including stops for two high profile

democratic senators in danger of losing the seats. senate majority leader harry reid and boxer of california. new "associated press" poll you mention shows 25% of voters who supported obama in 2008, rather a quarter of them in 2008 plan to or are considering voter for republicans on november 2. the white house press secretary robert gibbs on the sunday talk show and he talked positive. he said he doesn't trust that poll. >> i am a little leery of polls that take three weeks to conduct as a political professional. this is a tough political environment because the country is in a tough economical environment. >> he said he thinks the dems will retain control of house and senate. two weeks to go. spin from both sides. >> jamie: tell us what the republicans say about the prospects for november 2 today? >> interesting stuff from texas republican john cornyn,

chair of the national republican senatorial committee on fox news predicting in nevada, sharron angle, tea party favorite will knock out harry reid. overall, he said the g.o.p. are in a fight for every seat they can. here is senator cornyn. >> this is going to be referendum on the administration policy and majorities controlled by the democrats the last two years. it is going to be about jobs, spending and debt. pretty much that simple. >> despite g.o.p. momentum, he says republicans will not likely take back the senate. jamie? >> jamie: julie kirtz live in washington. thanks. >> sure. >> eric: now to the fox news voter fraud unit. election day may be just over two weeks away, but many places it is already here. as we have been reporting. early voting allowed in 35 states and d.c. and that means a greater use of absentee ballots. could the increase use of absentee ballots actually help steal an election?

there are voter fraud allegation involving absentee ballots in both parties from texas, new york, florida, alabama, california and elsewhere. joining us now is beth harris, founder of blackboxvoting.org, called the bible of electronic voting by "time" magazine and advocates for election reform. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> eric: you follow absentee ballot problems across the country like we do, why in your view should we be worried? >> what absentee voting does is conceals who casts the vote. it gives extraordinary amount of power and control to whoever is inside and is able to effect that. >> eric: election officials say they have safeguards and they can confirm who votes by the signature, by the address and this sort of thing. >> well, you see what you're doing is putting total faith in the election official. that is a transfer of power.

the public is supposed to see what is going on and not simply trust election official to tell them everything is okay. >> eric: who do we trust? they are the folks that run the elections. >> not with polling place voting. with polling place voting there is many eyes on the process. there are poll workers and you can see who goes to vote. the critical problem with absentee voting is it conceals who casts the vote. you don't know if they were cast by real people or someone inside casting vote in the same of somebody who were irregular voters. >> eric: right now, there are several investigations going on. one up in troy, new york, for example that had to do with the primary last year. do you worry there could be increase in voter fraud as we rely on more absentee ballots? >> yes. the amount we rely on absentee voting is staggering. it used to be 10% that the risk was capped out.

need only absentee. when they loosened up controls this is now 60% of the vote in many state. i'm concerned about california and nevada. they have not even put rudimentary safeguards in place that oregon has. >> eric: why are you concerned about them? i'm sure those officials would say they have more than rudimentary security involved. >> well, the whole point is not that we should be basing our elections on trust of an official. they have election in the soviet union and iraq. they had elections when iraq was under saddam hussein. the point is not to have an election but have a public election. it's not to say trust me, i'm the election official. but for the public to see what is going on in the election. >> eric: you can't can compare our election system with saddam, as you say. there are several cases around the country. you talked about california.

they have a no excuse absentee ballot. 29 states do. what is that and why does it send up flares among some people? >> no excuse means you don't have to have a reason. you can vote absentee. people like absentee voting. it's easy and fun. what they don't realize is safeguards are different instead of a public overseen system, it's overseen by the election office and sometimes one person can make a difference in the outcome. it becomes in the large automated absentee area. like los angeles will have 2 million people vote absentee. that is an automated system. the person controlling the data base has extraordinary control. >> eric: what can we do to prevent any problems? >> vote at the poll if you can. allow time. if you get there and your name is not on the list, assert

your right to provisional ballot. if you can, vote at the poll rather than absentee, because it does have many more safeguards in place. >> eric: beth harris of the black box voting.org. you have a web site that goes through all of this. we will continue to stay on the case, whether it's absentee ballot, provisional ballot, voting in person and everything else at the fox news channel. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> eric: of course, we've got e-mail address if you suspect problems where you live. we've been travelling all around the country for several years now investigating these stories. there is the address. voterfraud@foxnews.com. jamie? >> jamie: eric, thanks. just a few months ago, nancy pelosi said that this mid-term election is not about her. coming up, a house democrat joins us live who made clear he's distancing himself from the speaker. you'll find out why. we report, you decide.

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20 minutes. >> jamie: welcome back. with dozens of house seats leaning republican, some are fighting for re-election and openly opposing their leader nancy pelosi. several say they will not support pelosi for speaker again. if democrats hold on to their majority in the house. in fact, georgia congressman jim marshall believes this political ad. take a look. >> georgia is a long way from san francisco. jim marshall is a long way from nancy pelosi. jim marshall doesn't support nancy pelosi and voted the same as republican leaders 65% of the time. he worked and voted against pelosi trillion-dollar healthcare bill because we can't afford it. >> jamie: congressman jim marshall, member of the democratic bluedog coalition is joining us live. congressman, good to have you here. >> thank you. happy to be here. >> jamie: tell us what is

rebind the ad? why did you do it and what reaction are you getting from democrats? >> one side or the other these days takes over and we swing to extreme. that is unfortunate for the country. we need to find a moderate leadership, a centrist leadership, somebody to pull us together. i have been hopeful to do it with speaker pelosi. it just isn't happening. the healthcare bill demonstrates that. a lot of people thought it was a bad idea and and it got pushed through anyway. we need to move to a different speaker, one to pull us together. it doesn't make sense for my opponent to run against pelosi instead of running against me. for those two reasons ied said, i figure i'd make the announcement. >> jamie: reaction, are you getting calls from your colleagues? >> i got a few calls. there is no real surprise

here. i have been intending to do this, even if i didn't announce it. a bump of us are concern that we need to find some sort of moderate leadership to pull people together. >> jamie: do you have anyone in mind, sir? >> i love ike skeleton. i don't know if he would consider doing this but he is the kind of leadership we could use. from the show me state in missouri, chairman of the armed services committee. he is somebody who successfully pulled together both sides to produce a committee bill. that is important for the country. if we could do it as a congress on more important issues and have everybody come together, you are not going to get extremists. we have too many extremists on both sides here. >> jamie: let me ask about bringing both sides together, congressman. i don't want to run out of time. you serve on armed services and ary -- agriculture, and

you served our country in the armed forces with valor. you consider yourself an expert on housing and banking. the economy is in poor straights right now. how do you think you could bring both sides together if you don't support nancy pelosi, you have ideas of who you'd want to see in there, if the democrats retain control, that's one thing. do you think someone could come in that you could get behind to bring both sides together for issues truly affecting americans? >> i do. there are a few members of the democratic caucus that can do that, republican caucus as well, but on the republican side there is such discipline, it's difficult to move away from extremists. democratic side, less discipline and more openness. there are quite a few members who could bring people together to find reasonable solutions for challenges that

face us. you are right. they are enormous at the moment. we have a bright future in front of us if we get our act together. we are swinging from one side to the other. one extreme group to the other. we can't find the middle. business can't plan. it's unfortunate for the country. >> jamie: as a democrat, you voted according to your ad 65% of the time with republicans. do you feel pressure from the democrats to change that? >> no. my voting has been very consistent since i've been in congress. i've got good relationships on both sides of the aisle. and my voting is a little toward the republican side right now on substantive issues. normally it's been in the middle. a little toward the republican side and little toward the democrat side. typically, though, i'm picking from yes and no on legislation that is not ideal, because you can't go in the house right now. people don't go through a normal committee process where both sides have input and you

cobble together a bill which reflects the views of both sides. it winds up being views of one side and then you have to pick and choose. all the bills have a lot of stuff in them that i don't agree with. it's almost always the case as a controversial bill. >> jamie: that's something that the american people and voters are watching as well. nice to meet you. thank you for sharing your time with us this morning. >> yes, ma'am. >> jamie: eric? >> eric: jamie, one year later, remembering the all too brief life of a young college student. morgan harrington, virginia tech student two will memorialized today by her school's arch rival. that story and the search for her killer is coming up.

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>> jamie: marking the life of a young college student. a promising life cut short. morgan harrington disappeared a year ago today. she was a student at the time at virginia tech. she had been to a concert in charlottesville. her body was found three months later. the killer, today, still on the loose. family and friends and the university of virginia remember. so does peter doocy, following the story from the new york newsroom. hi, peter. >> reporter: that's right. 20-year-old virginia tech student morer gan harrington was -- morgan harrington was seen alive a year ago today,

2009, crossing the cokely bridge in charlottesville, virginia, after leaving a metallica concert at the john paul jones arena. her skeletonized remains were found at a farm three months away and her killer is still at large. this summer, police investigators had a d.n.a. hit from morgan's crime scene that matched a 2005 rape case this fairfax, virginia, and they released this composite sketch of the suspect. but still no, arrests have been made. morgan's mother told me yesterday she thinks there were at least two people involved and she hopes one of them comes forward soon, because killing an innocent girl is a big secret for two people to keep between them forever. while police search for answers, harringtons wants to make sure their daughter's story stays alive. they are releasing a memorial and they are building a school in africa in her name. they spent her ashes to places around the world she dreamed

of going before her tragic death. >> i took her ashes and put them in the corner where the foundation was starting for the morgan harrington educational wing in the village. and morgan's mentor and teacher, beloved teacher jane vance took part of her ashes and scattered them in the place in the high country where she had told morgan she would travel with her at some point. >> reporter: the harrington family is offering $100,000 reward for information that cracks the case. band metallica is offering another $50,000. >> jamie: thank you. peter doocy. >> eric: everyone it seems has an opinion about the tea party. even the media. well, now one big dog seems to change his view of the movement. commentator liz trotta coming up next with the big surprise. hey, lawrence, my parents want to talk to you.

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>> eric: the tea party movement. it was trashed by the "new york times" last month. but now there could be a flip-flop. why the change of tune? does it impact the main stream media? liz trotta is an author, journalist and fox news contributor who joins us with her commentary every sunday at this time. good morning. >> good morning. >> eric: you know, the last week i'm looking at the front page of the "new york times" and it's a piece about the tea

party. i looked at it and said what? tell us about it? >> i remember you calling me and saying quick, quick. i took a look and had the same reaction. the "new york times" actually telling the truth about the tea party? let's go back into the archives for a second to give a sampling of what the "new york times" was writing about the tea party. this one is from an editorial in december 16, 2010. republican leaders have to decide if they want the typeny fraction of furious voters who have showed up at the primary polls to steer them into the swamp for years ahead. they have a chance to repudiate the worst of the tea party crowd and show they request govern without appealing to the base's political instincts." how is that for an assessment of the tea party? and how many months ago? september. now the piece that you and i saw that appeared on the front page of the "new york times" on friday, take a look at

that. enough tea party supported candidates running strongly in competitive and republican leaning congressional races that the movement stands a good cause with a sizable caucus to push the agenda in house and senate, according to "new york times" analysis. that is a reporter who i'm led to believe, to understand was in trouble before with conservatives for writing nasty things. maybe she tightened the ship. or maybe they finally have decided to report the impact of the tea party. that's been a real problem all along. it's been marginalized by leftist media. most especially cnn and msnbc, daily post, media matters, of course the "washington post" and the "new york times." krugman, one of my favorite critics of the tea party even says they were holding astroturf events. and then, of course, the reliable frank rich who blamed

the koch brothers billionaires for funding them. you know what this shows, eric, basically, is how really, how distant these writers are from what america is. that has been my overriding impression since the whole tea party movement started. it was, it's been absolutely chastised and demonized from the beginning, by a group of people and yes, they are elitists and they are a small group who don't really get what america is. >> eric: well, you know, the new report, it's been called extreme and radical. a lot of troubling aspects to that. why do you think there has been as you say and pointed out this morning the seeming change, especially at the "new york times"? >> i think because these people are average americans in the tea party.

what you would call average americans. the problem is the people writing about these people not really average americans. face it. they're new york and washington axis elitist, left-leaning, i'd throw in gucci-wearing except it's a cliche right now. but they look upon it as something from the planet pluto. that is the impression they give when they start talking about the tea party. when, in fact, this is really what the framers had in mind. but everybody seems to want to put their mark on what the framers really meant. that is the answer to the question. >> eric: all right. some would disagree about the framers' point of view. ten seconds left. do you think this will increase as we get to the election? >> i think there are going to be stampeded into recognizing the tea party as a real democrat ic force to be reckoned with. >> liz trotta with the